Improvement in water-elevators



N; H. LI'NDLEY.

Water Elevator Patented April 23, 1872.

wl'rwzssss INVENTOR UNITED STATES NOAH H. LINDIJEY, OF BRIDGEPORT,CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ELEVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,064, dated April23, 1872.

Specification of certain Improvements in Well-Curbs and Buckets,invented by NOAH H. LINDLEY, of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, Stateof Connecticut.

My invention relates to the use, in an ordinary frame-curb, of aplatform with orifice for passage of bucket, a sliding and receivingplatform or truck, a valve-bucket, a suitable guide-pulley, Windlass,brake, and jointed-levered hand-wheel for raising and lowering same. Theobject of inventionease in lifting water, facility in discharging sameinto a receptacle without tipping bucket, thus enabling me to use abucket in a well walled with tile 2. very little larger than bucket.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side view of curb embodying my invention.Fig 2 is a top view of same.

A, the curb of wood; B, hand-wheel of iron, the periphery fiat for braketo bear against on the side the hinged handle n is secured; C, bucket;j, valve to same; D, rope; E, platform; F, sliding or receiving truck;G, spout; H, guide-pulley; i i z' '11, lugs sliding on guides g g, andsupporting-truck; 1, bail to bucket; k, valve-guide; 7 7, packing; 33,legs to bucket; S, Windlass; m, ratchet and pawl; 4 4, guidingarms. Thecurb I construct of wood in the usual way. In this, at a proper distancefrom guide-pulley to allow of raising the bucket clear of the same, Iset the platform E; this can be either of wood or metal, galvanized ortinned metal preferred; through this the orifice for passage of bucketis cut, allowing for clearance. On this platform the guides g g aresecured with upper edges straight and smooth. This platform pitches tothe front to give a rapid clearance to the water. Above this, andworking on the guides g g, is set the truck F, the lugs '51: beingsecured to its sides,which are high enough to prevent thewaterfiowingover; thefront edgeis bent downward so thatit will slideclose to platform; this truck to be of metal and operated by the lever2.To the front of platform is attached the spout G, similar inconstruction to those in ordinary use. On the top and near the back ofcurb the Windlass S is secured by ordinary bearings; the flanges are setin such a manner that the rope will pass on as near a right line aspossible. The shaft to windlass extends over the side of curb to receivethe wheel B, which is set for the guiding-pulley H, this pulley beingmade quite concave to keep the rope always in center of orifice. Thebucket is constructed of metal-either sheet-iron, zinc, medallionmetal,or copper; its upper and lower edges are handed for strength. The bail lis secured to bucket by rivets, and has an opening for rope in center.Through the bottom of bucket an opening is cut and covered by valve Jworking by stem through the guide 70. The lower end of stem is enlargedto regulate the lift. If the bucket is made of sheet-iron it will becoated with porcelain. On the bottom of bucket are secured legs toregulate the opening of valve and allow of a free discharge of theWater. To guide the bucket, when used in wells of large diameter, I setthe guides 4 4 to the under side of platform E.

To operate my invention the bucket is drawn up from the truck F; theoperator throws back the same, uncovering the orifice for passage ofbucket; the lever 2 is pressed up against the periphery of hand-wheel B,and the descent of bucket regulated by that, the handle a being throwndown to the position indicated bydotted lines. As soon as the bucketreaches the water the valve j lifts, admitting the water, andimmediately closes as soon as the direction is changed; the handle 12 isput in position and the bucket drawn up till the bail strikes thepulley, when the truck is drawn forward, covering the orifice, andbucket lowered back onto same. The valve-stem being longer, when thevalve is closed, than the legs 3 3, it is lifted by the truck, openingthe valve, and the water passes out and is carried to the receptaclethrough the spout G. This curb is more especially designed for wellswalled with small tile or piping, the same running up to the plat formE; but can be used in ordinary wells by the addition of the guiding-arms4 4 4 4, they overcoming the swing of bucket. The use of a platformenables me to cover the well, keeping out anything that would beinjurious to the water. If it is desired to retain the water in thebucket the ratchet and pawl are used to hold the bucket up from truck.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a well-curb, the platform E withbucketorifice, guides g g, truck F sliding on guides g g, operated bylever 2, for the purpose speci- 2. The metal bucket 0 arranged withvalve J, guide 10, legs 3 3, and bail l, in combination with platform Eand truck F, for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with hand-wheel B, of the hinge-jointed handle n andbrake e, in connesses.

NOAH H. LINDLEY.

Witnesses A. SKAATS, E. N. SEELYE.

